The predominant lowering of cut-off marks for admissions into NEET-PG courses successful Andhra Pradesh and different States crossed the state indicates deep-rooted problems successful the aesculapian acquisition system, said Kasapu V.V.V. Satyanarayana, a Member of the Department of Policy Research, BJP, Andhra Pradesh, present connected Friday (January 16, 2026).
In a statement, Mr. Satyanarayana wondered arsenic to wherefore students would take to articulation aesculapian colleges, which bash not person capable infrastructure and teaching faculty. The recently established authorities aesculapian colleges, territory hospitals, and DNB institutions were not having the required aesculapian infrastructure, deficiency of patients, were giving little stipends to PG students and were located successful acold flung areas, which was the crushed for galore of the seats offered by them going vacant.
The simplification of cut-off marks could effect successful filling up of vacant seats to immoderate extent. But, specified a determination would effect successful a diminution successful the prime of aesculapian education. He expressed interest that it could person an adverse effect connected the grooming of aboriginal doctors and connected the wellness of the public.
Mr. Satyanarayana noted that portion the PG aesculapian seats successful reputed and aged aesculapian colleges were seeing stiff contention from students, those successful the caller colleges person hardly immoderate takers. He felt that the solution lies not successful reducing the cut-off marks for admittance but successful improving the infrastructure, expanding the stipend for PG students, proviso of qualified and dedicated module and ‘hub and spoke’ exemplary and different agelong word measures to amended the prime of aesculapian education.

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